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Antony and Cleopatra Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, was known ___________ the ancient world for her beauty and ___________. Every man would fall in love with her. Antony, who with two others ruled Rome after the __________ of Julius Caesar, went to the East to meet Cleopatra and discover she was _____________ against Rome. When Antony reached Egypt and saw Cleopatra for the first time, he was _____________ with her beauty and fell in love with her; he completely forgot his ____________ there. Antony stayed in Egypt enjoying the lazy and ______________ life with Cleopatra. Cleopatra was very happy. She asked him to live in Egypt forever. Meanwhile, Anthonys fellow ruler in Rome, Octavius was angry to hear that Antony spent his time in ______________ in Egypt while Rome was ______________ by its enemy, Pompey. So, he arranged a marriage between his sister, Octavia and Anthony for political reasons and ____________ the friendship. Although Antony treated his wife with great ____________ and respect, he longed for Cleopatra in Egypt. In fact, he knew that Octavius was ambitious and wanted to be a single ruler in Rome. At last Antony went back to Egypt and ___________ with Cleopatra against Rome. This time Octavius could not ____________ Antony so he sent his army to Actium to fight Antony and Cleopatra's army. The battle was so fierce that Antony and Cleopatra lost their armies. Feeling ashamed of being dishonored, Antony took his own life using his own _________. Cleopatra was speechless with __________. She couldnt go on living without Antony. She told her servants to bring her two poisonous snakes. And so, dressed in a ____________, she prepared for her death. On her throat and her arm she placed the two snakes which bit and killed her instantly. TASK! Retell the story Rearrange these sentences according to their sequence in the story and answer the questions In Egypt, Antony spent lazy days with Cleopatra Romes army was so powerful that Antony and Cleopatra lost their armies in the battle in Actium Antony went back to Egypt and joined Cleopatras army to fight against Rome Octavia and Antony got married Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, was beautiful, intelligent, and fascinating Being ashamed of the lost, Antony took his own life with his sword and Cleopatra killed herself with two poisonous snakes Antony went to Egypt to find that Cleopatra was plotting against Rome Octavious got angry and arranged a political marriage between Octavia, his sister and Antony Antony could not forget Cleopatra and went back to Egypt Answer the questions! 1. Why was Cleopatra so famous throughout the ancient world? 2. Who was Antony? 3. Why did Antony go to Egypt? 4. Why did Antony marry Octavia? 5. How did Antony die? 6. How did Cleopatra die?

7. Do you like the ending of the story? How would you like to change it?